Game apparatus.



No. 647,8l4. Patented Apr. 17, 1900'.

` D Donn GAME APPARATUS.

(Application led Feb. 8, 1.900.)

(No Model.)

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DALTON DORR, OF vCYNVYD, PENNSYLVANIA.

GAM E APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 647,814, dated April17, 1900.

Application filed February 8, 1900. Serial No. 4,487. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Beit known that I, DALTON Donn, a citizen of the United States, Vand aresident of Cynwyd, in the county of Montgomery and State ofPennsylvania, have invented a new and Improved Game Apparatus, of whichthe following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to a game apparatus in which triangular pieces areemployed, said pieces having sections differing from each other in coloror shade, so that a plurality ot' pieces may be arranged in amultiplicity of different manners to produce a great variety ofgeometrical designs; also, sometimeslcombine with the above-mentionedfeature an arrangement of pips or dots by which the blocks or piecesbecome adapted for use in a game similar to the well-known game ofdominoes.

The invention will be fully described hereinafter and the features ofnovelty pointed out in the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure lis a plan View showing some of my improved blocks. Fig. 2 showsa geometrical design formed of several of, my improved blocks from whichthe pips or dots have been omitted; and Figs. 3 and 4 show one of theblocks separately, the block in Fig. 3 having dots or pips upon it,While the block shown in Fig. 4 is Without them.

In carrying out my invention I make use of triangular blocks A,preferably in the shape of equilateral triangles, and by connecting thecenters of each side by lines A', which are parallel with the sides ofthe triangle, I form a center panel A2 and three corner-panels A3, allof which are triangular and in the case of an equilateral triangleidentical with each other. The central panel A2 is distinguished fromthe corner-panels A3 generally by being of a ditferent color. 4 Forinstance, the central panel may be white,while the three corner-panelswill in some blocks all be of the same color-say red-or of two differentcolors-say red and blue-as indicated for the block lettered A4 in Fig.2, or the three panels may each be of a different color-say red,

ublue, and yellow-as shown at A5 in Fig. 2.

Ot' course I am not limited to the use of four colors; but I may employan additionalcolor. Thus, for instance, the block Afl/In Fig. 2 has anadditional color for one of the corner-sections a3-for instance, green.

By placing the blocks together appropri` ately various designs may beobtained, such as a star-shaped design (shown in Fig. 2) and a greatvariety of others. The use of different colors enables me to obtain astill greater variety, as the same design may be reproduced withdifferent distributions of colors.

My im proved blocks may also be used in a game to be played by severalpersons, after the fashion of dominoes, by simply matchving? theblocks-that is, putting them to= gether in such a manner that panels oflike colors will be adjacent to each other, as in the design shown inFig. 2. For this purpose the corner-panels A3 may bear dots or pips B,as shown in Figs. l and 3, panels of the same color containing the samenumber of pips. These dots will be arranged in various combinations, andwhen the maximum number of dots appearing on one of the panels islimited to three the entire game will employ twenty-Y four blocks. Itwill be seen that the central panel A2 does not contain any dots, sothat the several sets of dots appearing on one block are clearlyseparated from. each other and the blocks are readily distinguishable.

W'hile I have shown the central panel A2V and corner-panels A3 formed bylines connect ing the centers of the sides of the triangle, it will beobvious that a similar block adapted more or less for use for the samepurpose might be obtained by arbitrarily selecting a point on each ofthe sides of the triangle and connecting these three points to form acentral panel and cornenpanels. v

Having now described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent-- 1. A block for a gaine apparatus, said block beingof triangular form and having a central panel in the shape of atriangle, the corners of `which are upon the edges of the block, andtriangular corner-panels.

2. A block for a game apparatus, said block roo '2 c Y A647,814

Y from the central panel, and also differing in being triangular inshape andihaving a een tral panel in the shape of a triangle, thecorners ofvwhich are upon the edges of the block, and corner-panelsdiifering in color, or shade from the central panel. p v 3. A block fora game apparatus,'said block being triangular in shape'and `having acentral panelin the shape of a triangle, the corners of which areupon'the edges of the block,

and corner-panels d iierng in color or shade color and shade amongthemselves.

4. A block for a game apparatus, said block 'i being triangular in shapeand having a centra'l triangular panel, the corners of which are uponthe edges'of the block, and cornerpanels, and dots er pips located uponsundry of said panels. Y

' 5. A block foi` a game apparatus, said block being triangular' inshape andhaving a central triangular panel, the corners of which areupon the edges of the block, and cornerpanels, and dots or pips locatedupon the corner-panels, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this speciicaton in thepresence of two subscribing Witnesses. y v

i *DALToN DoRR.

Vitnesses.: A

HUGO MICHAELIS, THOMAS FREEMAN. p

